Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having too large spars, or masts and yards: said of a vessel.
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Examples
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Inshore, on their port bow, lay the Tahaa, slim and yacht-like, but excessively oversparred.
THE PEARLS OF PARLAY 2010
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With his practiced eye, Jones could tell at once she was oversparred, with too much weight abovedeck.
John Paul Jones 9781451603996 2003
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The Alliance, though speedy, was crank and oversparred, and Landais had allowed her to become a filthy ship.
John Paul Jones 9781451603996 2003
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With his practiced eye, Jones could tell at once she was oversparred, with too much weight abovedeck.
John Paul Jones 9781451603996 2003
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The Alliance, though speedy, was crank and oversparred, and Landais had allowed her to become a filthy ship.
John Paul Jones 9781451603996 2003
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Inshore, on their port bow, lay the Tahaa, slim and yacht-like, but excessively oversparred.
The Pearls of Parlay 1912
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He was like a boat (the comparison would have pleased him) built for strength and speed, but immensely oversparred.
Shelley Sydney Waterlow 1911
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Inshore, on their port bow, lay the _Tahaa_, slim and yacht-like, but excessively oversparred.
A Son Of The Sun Jack London 1896
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"Yes," put in the Duke, "he is rather oversparred for a nor'-easter, eh?
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